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- Subject: Re: Tseng, VESA, and small disaster......:-(
- Message-ID: <1992Dec12.100237.23716@actrix.gen.nz>
- From: Steve.Withers@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1992 10:02:37 GMT
- Sender: Steve.Withers@actrix.gen.nz (Steve Withers)
- References: <1992Dec5.150813.26338@actrix.gen.nz> <85031@ut-emx.uucp>
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
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- In article <85031@ut-emx.uucp> jbodnar@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (John Bodnar) writes:
- >
- > Don't do this with a new board. You need to run Selective Install. It
- > will recognize that you have an SVGA adapter. That's OK. Go ahead and
- > tell it to proceed with the selective install. It will then load the
- > proper fonts and finally prompt you for the SVGA driver disks. After this
- > you should be able to reboot and come up at the resolution you've selected
- > during the install.
-
- I have tried this and it only offers me IBM VGA 256. If I move the cursor
- down and select Tseng SVGA, it then loses sync and tells me that if I
- continue, my system will be unbootable.....which I proved (twice) is exactly
- what happens.
-
- >
- > >One thing no one had mentioned: When i typed in SVGA ON in my (non-synced but
- > >still half-assed legible) full screen DOS session, it told me that SVGA
- > >requires a VESA compliant BIOS! Apparentl, I don't have one in my card.
- >
- > What the hell? I've neve heard of this.
-
- Some Tsng clones are VESA compliant.....some aren't Mine comes in a purple box
- with a greeny pastel cover with a dash of orange.
-
- > >I do have a TLIVESA tsr that provides this support. I know that running it
- > >does something because when i put it in the autoexec.bat and opened a full
- > >screen DOS window, IT DIDN'T LOSE SYNC!
- >
- > That's because the TLIVESA.COM extension resyncs the monitor when it
- > determines which modes your hardware supports.
-
- But there is no equivalent for OS/2....so I appear to be stuck. My Trident
- works fine, though, but I would like th speed of the Tseng card.
-
- >
- > >Now.....I went ahead and installed the "tseng SVGA" support - that the system
- > >told me not too.....
- >
- > How? If you're running the VESA extension, SVGA.EXE should NOT recognize
- > your board as a Tseng ET4000!
-
- As I said above, I manually selected it.
-
- >
- > >I haven't a clue where I went wrong. But this is pretty frustrating - let me
- > >tell ya! I have attempted 3 or 4 times now to get this card to do something
- > >other than yer basic 640x480....but i have just about lost all patience.
- >
- > I think part of your problem is that you reinstalled without reformatting.
- > Don't the Trident drivers have specialized OS2LDR.MSG files or such?
- > Reinstalling should overwrite these, but I can't help to think that if
- > you're going to do a re-install after using the Trident drivers, you should
- > do so with a clean slate.
-
- I alway re-format when I re-install.....but it was a good guess! BTW...di you
- notice that ever ysecond time you re-format, your install fails and you have
- to start over and reformat again? It wil always work this time.
-
- > >Can anyone share my pain/tell me how to set this damn card up?
- >
- > 1) Back up your hard disk.
- > 2) Re-install the GA and allow it to format for FAT or HPFS (you can have
- > reformat for either file system, I think).
- > 3) Fool around with the GA for a while and make sure it is solid.
- > 4) Once you feel safe with the GA and VGA, install the CSD.
- > 5) Fool around with the CSD at VGA resolution.
- > 6) Finally, run the Selective Install and allow it to recognize your SVGA
- > adapter and install the appropriate fonts. It will allow you to select a
- > WPS resolution toward the end of the update process.
- >
- > This should be all you have to do and is probably necessary after your
- > Trident/TLIVESA/SVGA fiasco.
-
- TSENG...actually....:-)
-
- The trident works great!
-
- Thanks for the help.
-
- I went back to the shop I got the card from and the guy said: "Oh yeah, we had
- both VESA Tseng cards and non-VESA Tseng cards.....I guess you got
- the..." etc.
-
- Next time he gets some in, he will call me.....
-
- Steve
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